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RALEIGH http://www.officialsharks.com/authentic-adidas-logan-couture-jersey , N.C. (AP) —and Buffalo Sabres kept shooting pucks off each other’s players — and they kept going in the net.Sebastian Aho and the Hurricanes simply did it more often.Aho scored two goals off the skates of Buffalo defensemen, and the Hurricanes held on to beat the Sabres 4-3 on Friday night, spoiling Jeff Skinner’s return to Raleigh.“Sometimes you don’t get those bounces, and today, both of my goals were lucky,” Aho said. “So that’s how it goes, but a good win.”Micheal Ferland had a deflected goal and two assists, Justin Williams also scored and Teuvo Teravainen added two assists. The Hurricanes scored three goals in 7:27 of the second period and have won five of six for the first time this season to move within five points of a playoff spot.“Huge. You can either go one way or the other,” Williams said, referring to a 3-1 loss at Tampa Bay the night before. “Tough loss, felt we deserved better http://www.officialsharks.com/authentic-adidas-tomas-hertl-jersey , blah, blah, blah. You’ve heard that before this season. But the jump-back here for a team that was waiting for us last night — big win.”Skinner scored his 30th goal in his first game against Carolina since he was traded to the Sabres. Jason Pominville also scored and Kyle Okposo pulled Buffalo within one with a deflected goal of his own with 3:12 remaining.The Sabres have lost five of seven, going 2-4-1 in that stretch. They had Jack Eichel back in the lineup after the center with a team-best 49 points missed three games with an upper-body injury.“Those bounces go both ways,” Skinner said. “You just have to do a good job of working for your own bounces and eliminating as many opportunities (for the other team) as you can.”Curtis McElhinney made 30 saves for Carolina. Carter Hutton stopped 26 shots for the Sabres but gave up three fluky goals — including two to Aho.Carolina led 3-2 after a flurry in which the teams combined for three goals in a 72-second stretch of the second, with Aho’s goal off Rasmus Dahlin’s skate following Pominville’s tying one-timer and a wrist shot from Williams that started it all.Aho then stretched it to 4-2 with 7:33 left in the period when his wraparound shot clicked off Jake McCabe’s skate and by Hutton.Okposo made it a one-goal game late with — what else? — a tipped goal when his pass down the goal line bounced off the stick of Carolina forward Saku Maenalanen and past McElhinney.“We don’t seem to make things easy,” Williams said. “We got up a couple goals, and gave up one late, and then are really scrambling. That, we have to clean up. I’m happy we’re getting the two points, but important to make it easy on ourselves Womens Alexander Steen Jersey , if we can.”Those strange goals overshadowed Skinner’s return to Raleigh , which came on the same day he was picked for the All-Star Game for the first time since he was a rookie with Carolina and in the midst of the first of his six 20-goal seasons in eight years with the Hurricanes.They traded him to Buffalo in August for Cliff Pu and three draft picks, and with a goal total surpassed only by Washington star Alex Ovechkin this season, he’s certainly fit right in with his new team.“It’s a good feeling. It sort of summarizes my time here, the way I feel,” Skinner said. “I had a good time here as a player here, as a part of the community. Just a lot of good memories.”Skinner’s 30th goal tied it at 1 with 20.7 seconds left in the first, when he whacked a rebound out of midair past McElhinney. It came after Ferland was credited with the first weird goal of the night with 9:35 to go. His shot hit off Hutton’s glove before bouncing off the top of the net and off Marco Scandella’s stick before trickling across the line.NOTES: Williams has points in six straight games. … Skinner has four goals in four games. … This was Ferland’s first career three-point game. … Carolina D Justin Faulk and Buffalo C Johan Larsson dropped their gloves late in the second. Both players received roughing penalties, with Faulk’s a double minor. … The Sabres made room for Eichel by sending LW C.J. Smith to their AHL affiliate in Rochester.UP NEXTSabres: Play host to Tampa Bay on Saturday night.Hurricanes: Play host to Nashville on Sunday. ST. LOUIS (AP) — In the beginning of the season, the St. Louis Blues were finding ways to lose games. Now, they’re managing to pull out wins.Ryan O’Reilly scored 34 seconds into overtime and the St. Louis Blues beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Tuesday night for their franchise-record 11th straight victory.“It’s fun hockey Brayden Schenn Jersey ,” O’Reilly said. “We’re really enjoying it. You see from the start of the year how frustrating it was and how we kept working and working and not getting the result. Now, you see the way we’ve come together and everybody’s invested in each other. Everyone’s trying to make it easier for the next guy. Again, that wasn’t a perfect game.”O’Reilly started the game-winning sequence with a stellar defensive play to break up a Maple Leafs chance. The effort created a 2-on-1 break with Vladimir Tarasenko, but O’Reilly took the shot himself.“He (Mitch Marner) was winding up there, I kind of saw that he had me beat already so just went flying — just a desperate play, trying to get back,” O’Reilly said. “Saw (Blues goalie Jordan Binnington) went down and he was going to try and throw it in front, got my stick down and luckily it turned into a 2-on-1 for us.”Jaden Schwartz and Colton Parayko also scored and Tyler Bozak had two assists for the Blues. Binnington made 29 saves to win his ninth straight, extending the longest winning streak in franchise history for a rookie goaltender.Zach Hyman and Auston Matthews scored third-period goals as the Maple Leafs erased a 2-0 deficit. Frederik Andersen made 38 saves as Toronto wrapped up a six-game road trip with a 3-2-1 mark.Hyman scored at 6:34 of the third, snapping the Blues’ shutout streak at 233:50.Matthews followed just 31 seconds later as the puck deflected off his skate past Binnington. It was Matthews’ first career point in six games against the Blues, who were the only team he didn’t have a point against.“I would have liked to seen us crawl our way back and win the game Authentic Carl Gunnarsson Jersey , but I thought we did a lot of good things today in the latter half of the game to set us up for success and I was impressed with a lot of our play,” Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said.Schwartz gave the Blues a 1-0 lead midway through the first, scoring off a backhand feed from Bozak. Alexander Steen started the play, forcing a turnover in the Maple Leafs’ zone.Parayko made it 2-0 with a power-play goal with 2:18 left in the first. Parayko’s shot was initially ruled off the post. Once play was stopped nearly 20 seconds later, a review showed the puck hit the bar and went in.Parayko didn’t think it went in initially.“I thought it hit the post because I didn’t see anybody react,” Parayko said.Toronto center Nazem Kadri left the game with a concussion after the first period. Kadri took a big hit from Vince Dunn early in the game.NOTES: Blues F Vladimir Tarasenko had his NHL-high 12 game points streak snapped. Tarasenko was named the NHL’s second star of the Week on Monday. He had four goals and six assists and was plus-7 for the week ending Feb. 1. … Maple Leafs LW Andreas Johnsson returned to the lineup after missing one game with a leg injury. … The Blues scratched C Robby Fabbri and D Chris Butler. … The Maple Leafs scratched D Justin Holl, C Tyler Ennis and D Igor Ozhiganov.UP NEXTMaple Leafs: Host Washington on Thursday night.Blues: At Dallas on Thursday night.